We recently hosted two building envelope seminars at our Calgary showroom. Part of an ongoing series of free educational seminars for the building industry, the building envelope seminars discussed various technologies and materials

NAFS for Canadian Buildings The North American Fenestration Standard/Specification (NAFS) is an improved standard for testing, rating and labelling of windows, doors and skylights for residential and commercial buildings in both Canada and the United States.

We would like to extend our thanks to Al Jaugelis from RDH Building Engineering for accepting our invitation to host two important seminars on the new window and door building code at our showroom in Kelowna.

One of the best parts of the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon’s competition is seeing all of the different sustainable building technologies and products used in the construction of each of the homes.

Two years of creating, designing and building a solar-powered home has come down to these 10 days of competition! Team Alberta, pictured above with Borealis, is currently in Irvine, California for the much-anticipated 2013 Solar Decathlon.